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Category Archives: Language
A national strategic language for China
An opinion piece from the Global Times (环球时报) argues for the importance of naming China’s national language correctly to preserve national unity.
Posted in Language
Tagged Global Times, language, linguistics, Zhang Wenmu
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Support the local language!
Southern Metropolis Daily prints a headline in Cantonese.
Posted in Front Page of the Day, Language
Tagged @nogfw, Cantonese, dialect, Mandarin, Southern Metropolis Daily
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The obscene battle-cry of a Ming Dynasty war hero
General Yuan Chonghuan said “Fuck his mom! Hit the hard!”
Posted in Language
Tagged Dongguan, profanity, translation, Yuan Chonghuan
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Apple and octogenerian leaders
Outdated assumptions on Apple Mac’s entry for “octogenerian”.
Posted in Language
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Chinese people’s English names
A new book about Chinese people’s English names.
Posted in Language
Tagged ChinaSMACK, names, Sexy Beijing
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Too much dialect on the small screen
SARFT says TV characters should speak standard Mandarin. Even Mao and Deng?
Posted in Language
Tagged Chinese Business View, dialect, language, SARFT
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Zhao “left crescent” needs a new name
A man named Zhao C agreed to change his name to fit PSB computers. At issue: is ‘C’ a Pinyin letter?
Posted in Language
Tagged Information Daily, law, names
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Damn the translator!
Yi Sha (伊沙) goes to Rotterdam. White Power in BQ. Politics in old dictionaries.
Posted in Language
Tagged BQ, dictionaries, translation, Yi Sha, Zhai Hua
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So simple that any child can learn it
Yang Jiechi (杨洁篪), the Chinese foreign minister, says that Chinese is one of the world’s easiest languages.
Posted in Language
Tagged language, Yang Jiechi
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Theater, business and wading into the sea
by Peter Micic
The history of his new article two Chinese words that started as Qing dynasty actors slang and became buzzwords of the Chinese business elite.